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What to Expect

What is Systemic Psychotherapy?

In systemic psychotherapy, the focus is on relational patterns with not only the people around us but also the wider context(s) within which those relationships are situated. 

Initial Consultation
(20 minutes)

To help us get a true sense of how we might work together, I offer a no fee, no commitment, low-pressure video call to talk about what brings you to therapy, answer any questions and check our relational fit.

I host these as standard via video call, as being able to see each other face-to-face helps us begin building a shared, relational connection right from the start. However, if a voice-only call or a different format would feel much more accessible or comfortable for your first session, please let me know.

Formats and Timing

The time we spend together is designed to give us the space needed for real, meaningful connection. Different relationship dynamics require a different pace and focus, so I offer both online and face-to-face settings to best support your needs.


Our sessions typically run between 50 to 75 minutes.


Ongoing sessions are usually scheduled every other week, but this frequency, along with the exact length of our meetings, will depend on your unique circumstances. Whether we are working individually, as a couple, or as a family, and/or any specific support or processing needs you may have.

We will explore these factors together during our initial consultation to find a structural pace and rhythm that best supports your therapeutic journey, and we can continue to adapt and shape this as our work progresses.

Individual and Couple Therapy

Offered both online via our secure video room or in person. Both settings offer an equally deep, dedicated container to safely explore your personal world or tend to your relationship.

Family Therapy

Held in person. When there are multiple voices, generations, and moving parts in a family system, being physically present in the same room is essential. It allows us to safely map out and navigate the shared space together, ensuring that every family member, no matter their age, feels fully seen, heard, and included.

Areas of Focus

I provide support for individuals, couples, and families navigating complex personal and professional landscapes, including (but not limited to):

Life Transitions and Cross-Cultural Experience

  • Cultural & Generational Rifts: 

Navigating the friction when younger and older generations adapt to a new culture at different speeds, or holding different values regarding independence vs. family loyalty.

  • Identity Split:

Managing the feeling of being caught between worlds, for example, feeling "too Western" for family, but "not enough" for the host culture.

  • The Weight of Expectations:

Unpacking the unspoken pressure to succeed, often rooted in family sacrifices or migration histories.

  • Major Life Milestones: 

Coping with the identity shifts, grief, or anxiety that come with leaving a familiar life chapter behind (e.g., leaving home, career changes, divorce, empty-nest syndrome).

Relational Dynamics

Untangling communication patterns and strengthening the connection within couples and family systems.

  • Repetitive Conflict Loops:

Moving past the "blame game" or the demand-withdraw dynamic where one person pushes and the other shuts down.

  • Confusing Boundaries:

Looking into and addressing family members' experiences of family members being overly involved in each other's lives or where they feel there iis emotional distance.

  • Breaches of Trust:

Working through the systemic aftermath of infidelity, secrets, or broken promises within a partnership or family.

  • Blended Families Challenges:

Negotiating the complex relational webs of step-parenting, co-parenting with ex-partners, and uniting different family cultures.

Navigating Life with Difference

Inclusive support for diverse physical, sensory, or cognitive experiences, with a particular focus on hearing differences (acquired or post-lingual hearing loss).

  • Impact of Chronic Illness or Disability:

Exploring how a physical health diagnosis or disability changes established family roles, creates caregiver burnout, or shifts the power dynamics in a relationship.

  • Hearing Differences and Relational Barriers:

Supporting couples and families in understanding the unique communication fatigue, isolation, or relational disconnect that can happen when navigating hearing loss or deafness within a hearing world.

  • The Strain of Invisible Labour:

Addressing the systemic tension that arises when a condition is invisible to others, often leading to misunderstanding, minimisation, or friction with loved ones and colleagues.

  • Experiences of Shame, Ableism and Marginalisation:

Processing the emotional weight of systemic barriers, microaggressions, or feeling like you do not belong within your primary social circles due to physical or sensory differences.

Professional Growth in High-Impact Careers

Balancing demanding careers with personal well-being and systemic stress.

  • The Spillover Effect:

Addressing how corporate stress, high stakes, or irregular hours strain marriages, parenting, and personal well-being.

  • Imposter Syndrome and Systemic Pressure:

Unpacking how systemic factors (like being the first in your family to achieve corporate success, or being a minority in leadership) fuel self-doubt and overworking.

  • Burnout and Boundary Management:

Shifting the pattern of prioritizing work at the expense of health, intimacy, and self-care.

  • Leadership and Organisational Dynamics:

Understanding how the relational and power dynamics at work may mimic family dynamics, and learning to manage them without taking them home.

Untangling Stuck Patterns

A trauma-informed lens to move through experiences that leave us feeling stuck.

  • Intergenerational Legacies:

Identifying behavioural patterns, parenting styles, or emotional coping mechanisms passed down through generations that no longer serve you.

  • Trauma Loops:

Exploring how old relational scripts and survival patterns from your past are playing out in your current relationship dynamics, inadvertently keeping you in the same repetitive cycles.

  • Emotional Gridlock:

Breaking through the feeling of being completely stuck or unable to make a decision because every choice feels like it will upset the system.

  • Role Fixation:

Stepping out of rigid, unhelpful roles you have been cast in (e.g., "the fixer," "the problem child," "the strong one") so you can react to life authentically.

The Aurally Divergent Collective
Serving North and Central London
Providing Teletherapy across the UK & internationally (subject to local regulations)

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